From Harsh Beginnings

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*Derilos waited while the guards dumped Faust, on his bed. They seemed to be rough intentionally but Derilos didn't care, if they waited long enough, Faust would wake up and slaughter them, due to them being locked in mysteriously...nothing Hersin couldn't clean up mind you...But luckily they left a minute or two before Faust would wake up....lucky bastards...* "Ugh...where-where-...Derilos? What happened?" *Derilos leaned on the door, thinking over how he was going to do things...* "You over-dosed yourself didn't you?" *Faust rubbed his head a bit, after a few deep breaths he seemed willing to talk more...* "Uh..yeah I think so...Did I hurt anyone?" *Derilos walked up to Faust and Faust flinched and squeezed his back to the wall...He knew what Derilos was capable of...and he obviously didn't want to find out what other things he could do...not at all...* "No you didn't but that will change....get dressed we are headed out..." *Derilos had a dark face on him...only someone as sick as himself could love...* "And where are we going? If you don't mind me asking of course..." *Derilos turned around, as if thinking carefully...* "Back to the base of course...." *Faust didn't bother to ask exactly why...He already made him mad, he wasn't planning on doing it again...* "Should I dose up again?" *Derilos went for the door and stopped after he opened it. * "No...you'll have to bear with the pain until a corsair shows up...if one does..." "Very well..." *Just then Derilos heard something that interested him...* "-need some action around here Richardson! We cannot sit here forever! Let's get out and kill something already!" *Derilos walked out and left Faust alone in his room. He didn't deserve to have company for all that trouble...Derilos finally found what he was looking for in this base....new recruits...*

*Yhanu and Dere'l walked out of the bathroom and headed back for their room.* "I met someone today.." "Oh really? I met a lot of people in those showers...I don't know how they do it..." *Yhanu couldn't help but laugh, not because it was funny but rather she felt lucky no one was in the showers when she had taken her wash....very lucky.* "It's not that funny! Did you see how man girls there were?! I don't think I can take anymore..." *Yhanu rested her arm over Dere'l's shoulder.* "Relax, I was there, you would have been fine...." *They both reached their room when they noticed Derilos watching two people argue...that usually never happened...* "Hey um Dere'l? Why don't you go get changed and let me know when you are ready ok?" "yeah sure but can you do me a favor?" "Sure hun, anything..." "Can you go see what Derilos is up to for me?" *Yhanu looked back at the situation...yup he was still watching, without looking back she replied.* "Yeah hun. That's what I'm worried about..." *Yhanu walked up to Derilos but he had his eyes locked on the girl and guy arguing...* "Boss? Any problems?" *It seems Derilos refused to remove his eyes from those two...* "Yeah everything is cool, go meet Escuarde in the cafeteria...if he is still there...He has news for you..." *Yhanu didn't want to disturb the boss at this time. It seems he was intent on doing something...Yhanu just hoped it wasn't anything bad...Yhanu walked back to her room and Dere'l just walked out...It seemed as though she rushed to put her clothes on...* "C'mon hun, There is a briefing in the cafeteria..."

*Escuarde finished up his food and threw his plate and cup in the trash. They were disposable so he didn't care...Hersin was finished and had left to go get ready and just as Escuarde was about to leave, Yhanu and Dere'l showed up...Man, Derilos had been putting loads of pressure on him. To go back to the base after they had abandoned it? With no help too? And what about that practice thing he was talking about? As the questions reeled in his head, Yhanu obviously wanted to know what was the big news...* "Well, the boss obviously wanted you to tell everyone..so let's hear it.." *Escuarde knew the boss was punishing him for something...but what?* "We uh...we are heading back to he base...for practice or something..." *The color in Dere'l's face seemed to disappear and Yhanu wasn't looking too sharp either.* "Look I know it's a long shot but the boss is intent at doing this...we have no say..." *Yhanu looked as depressed as she did the night before, and Dere'l was all but happy again...* "If you'll excuse me...I need to go change for my death...no kidding either..." *Escuarde headed off to his room, he needed a break...or two...*

*Robinson was getting tired of Lianne's restlessness. She really wanted to go do something other then sit around, but they only had a handful of fighters to use...and Robinson really didn't want to go ask the GMG leader for practice...she didn't seem like the friendly type...* "Let's get out there already! We cannot stay here in hiding forever! Eventually GMG will kick us out! We gotta do something..." "Alright I'll see what I can find ok? It's not like we can just find an easy job to do-" "Actually..you can." *A man approached from the sidelines as you can say...* "I couldn't help but overhear your...dilemma..." *Robinson didn't like this guy...something seemed off...not right at all...It seemed Lianne felt the same way too.* "And...you are?" "Oh, yes manners first...My name is Derilos Granar...I am a mercenary." "I'm Yantome Robinson and this is Lianne Tynamo. Wait wait, What do you want from us exactly?" *Derilos shook hands with Lianne, a pleasant smile to his face...when he turned to Robinson the smile was gone.* "I'm headed off for a mission into corsair space while being escorted by the GMG...would you and the rest of your group like to join in?" *Robinson thought for a second.* "Wait a minute, how do you know there are others in my group?" "Heh, let's face it, if it was just you two, GMG wouldn't have wasted their time with you...you don't seem like an effective fighting pair...meet me in the docking bays in an hour or you'll be left out. " *With that Derilos left...Robinson turned to Lianne, a troubled look on his face.* "I don't trust him..." "Yeah well we will be escorted by GMG right? They won't dare turn on them...so we should be safe...I hope..." *Robinson headed back into his room. Before he closed the door, he sighed and looked at Lianne.* "Go get the twins..."

{--Recording Jump...--}
{--Fast forward 45 minutes...--}
{--Continue recording...--}


*The GMG transport, a relatively small craft, landed in Docking Bay five. It's escorts landed on Bay 12. Four escorts by the looks of it...not a lot but they were a small party...Hersin waited by the Transport with Derilos, Yhanu and Dere'l...they had been waiting for Faust forever...* "Boss? Do you think he will come? Do you think Faust ran away?" *The boss took his time answering, as if he really didn't want to answer...* "He will come....He will..." *At that moment Faust came from the corridor, a new set of clothes compared to what everyone was wearing yesterday. Dere'l had a green combat flier's suit on and Yhanu has her usual old fashioned jeans she loved so much with a regular old fashioned T-shirt. The boss had his usual combat commando suit which was black...Faust had his old Doctor's suit on...it's almost similar to what Hersin wore but we all knew the dark secrete that doctor's coat had...we all knew very well...* "Sorry I'm late Boss...I will make up for it...." *One of the GMG pilots decided to speak up.* "So are you ready for this mission?" *Derilos was the first to speak over the shocked group.* "Ah we are still waiting...The others will be here soon..." "Very well then, let me know..." *Derios turned back to his group of shocked and confused faces...* "Ah yes, if you don't know...now you do...This isn't a practice or a death mission....GMG will escort us to the base...and we will come back in a much larger force....plus I will see what GMG says about having us trained in their tactics of warfare when we return..." *Everyone must have been just too shocked to answer...they really thought they were going on a death mission? Heh, Derilos is just too evil sometimes...* "Umm...boss? Did you intentionally lie to us?" *Derilos turned to Dere'l and rested his hand on her shoulder...a sort of comfort thing, it was turning out to be...* "Yes I did...just so you guys will take the ride much easier ok?" But...why not just tell us in the first place?" "I could have...." *Derilos shrugged off his guilty feeling.* "But I didn't, let's face it. If I did tell you GMG would escort us but we would be stuck in the transport then you would have worried about bombers and ect...no need for that now is there?" "But we are still worried now! That did nothing!" "You might think so Dere'l, but can you honestly say you'd feel better in a death mission then a transport one that gives you a chance to live? Hmph, regardlss we are still waiting for someone..."

*Faust wasn't sure what the boss was talking about...He knew they faced death in both situations but this one did seem safer...besides who was this other person they were waiting for? Faust's need to kill burned inside him...he really missed his cardi. It was the only thing that kept him "cool". Without it he was more likely to turn on his allies if they was nothing to kill...* "Well well, lookie here Yumitoko...." "I see, Wydona..." *Faust looked up to a pair of what would be identical twins...* "You know Yumitoko, We could play with this one..." "It might be possible....Hey you there, your name?" *Faust leaned back, having two faces nearly touching his was the last thing he needed...* "You are....talking to me?" *Faust pointed a finger at himself but he felt as though they really were talking to him right? It was hard to tell....* "Of course gaijin, your name?" The boss got up and stood in front of Faust, protecting his from too many questions, he probably didn't want Faust to go murder two people right in the open...* "Hello, I'm Derilos, and YOU are?" *The two girls looked up at him with an annoyed face they both seemed to share.* "Is this one standing up to us Wydona?" "I think he is Yumitoko..." "Want to play with him instead?" "Sure why not-" *A Man stepped from behind a crate. A worried look to his face.* "Back off girls..." *The girls kept their eyes on the boss, they seemed to refused to back down from him.* Yumitoko: "But Robinson, he stood up to us..." Wydona: "He must pay..." *Robinson stepped up behind them.* "You wouldn't want to harm your employer would you?" *They both took one step back and bowed like Hersin did when he thought the boss and himself were alone...strange...* Wydona: "We apologize." Yumitoko: "We only wanted to have some fun..." "Enough...Derilos, I would like you to formally meet Yumitoko and Wydona." *They both bowed respectively. Then another woman stepped from the same crate...really? Who else was behind there? Robinson turned around.* "And that would be Lianne, This is it Derilos. Any questions?"

*Once again the entire group turned to him out of confusion.* "Yeah, you have ships?" *Robinson thought about his answer quickly.* "Yeah two eagles but that's it..." "Good then you will join our escort with Dere'l and Escuarde...deal?" "My only pilots are Yumiko and Wydona so they will be good help..." "Yhanu, you got the thing yeah?" *Yhanu looked up surprised as ever.* "What thing sir?" "The invention you made? The one where it can help escorts in long range missions?" "Oh right yeah they should be on the Loading bay somewhere..." "Good, go get them secured up..." *Yhanu was about to leave when she noticed Lianne and remembered her.* "Oh hey! I didn't know this was your group!" *Lianne wasn't at all surprised, she didn't want anyone to remember her. She walked up to Yhanu and gave her a quick hug.* "Yep, it's me heh, you miss me?" *Laughter was shared between the two and now everyone was wondering where these two had known each other...* "Let me get what I need to go get done, Then we can talk on the ride ok?" "Sure no problem..." *The twins walked up next to Lianne, a serious face on them.* Yumitoko: "How do you know that weirdo?" Wydona: "It's impossible to like her isn't it sis? She's just so...manly I should put it?" *Both of the twins got a knock on their head's by the now frustrated Lianne, she didn't like it when her freinds especially the new ones where insulted.* "Let's get going?" Derilos left to go inform the rest of the GMG crew they were ready. Before he left he was lucky enough to get a passing worker to take quick pictures for the crew for some odd reason...*

*Hersin waited for Yhanu to get out her invention with everyone else. It was a very awkward wait for everyone. Why Faust and the Twins kept their stares locked on each other. Hersin felt as though that Lianne kept staring at him too...maybe he was just getting paranoid. Looking to his left, he saw that the convoy was near ready to go with the odd exception of a missing boss...where had he gone to?* "Hey you..." *Hersin turned around to find Lianne right in front of him.* "Yes? What can I do for you miss?" *The near angry stare in her eyes gave him a chill down his spine.* "Where were you last night?" *Hersin was puzzled. This was clearly one of the most weirdest questions to ask in a time like this...* "What does it matter-" "It matters for EVERYTHING! Last night I found someone peeking on me...he had to have a room close to mines because when I tried to chase him, he ran and was out of my sight...he looked a lot like you." *Hersin couldn't stand her being so close. He was a sanitary guy. No one could know for sure where she had been right? Hersin slipped on some gloves and pushed her back by the shoulders.* "I'm sorry that was not me. I was sleep all last night...I had a long day..." "Liar! I know it was you! and when I find some evidence your in for it you hear me?" *One of the twins turned to them. The other still kept his eyes on Faust...it was such a disadvantage for him....* Yumitoko: "Lianne...that has got to be one of the worse pick-up lines I have heard from you..." *Lianne twitched. Her mood changed from mad to a sort of annoyed/shocked combo. She abruptly turned and got right in the twin's face, who had kept her face as emotionless as a wall.* "**** it, baka! You think you know me? Well you don't!" *Lianne crossed her arms and pouted. She seemed to be trying to stand her ground against the twin who seemed to know what she was talking about.* "Guys! I'm back!" *Everyone turned to Yhanu who was exhausted from running. She sat next to the crate and tried to catch her breath.* "I had...to teach those fools how...to use my equipment heh...they are fast learners tho...So we should be ready to go now..." *Faust stretched up and Escuarde...where was- oh...sitting on top of the crate. Yeah that was so him, to be above everyone looking down...* Dere'l: "we have towait for the boss..." Derilos: "Nah you don't." *The boss emerged from who knows where.* Derilos: "I had to make a call...let's get loaded up the transport is waiting..."


//To see the comms with derilos and the GMG leader see here

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